Users Guide

Monitor and manage Power Manager devices
This section provides high-level information to help administrators get started with Power Manager.
Prerequisites
Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
● The devices are compatible with Power Manager. For more information, see List of supported devices.
● Discover the devices in Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise.
For more information about discovering devices, see OpenManage Enterprise User's Guide.
● For more information about creating static groups, see OpenManage Enterprise User's Guide.
● Add the OpenManage Enterprise Advanced and the management console licenses on the target devices.
For more information about adding a license, see the respective management console guide.
To monitor the data of devices and groups, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Create static custom groups or physical groups in OpenManage Enterprise.
For more information about creating static groups under CUSTOM GROUPS, see OpenManage Enterprise User's Guide.
For more information about creating physical groups under PLUGIN GROUPS, see Creating physical groups.
The physical groups that are created or deleted in OpenManage Enterprise are automatically added or removed from Power
Manager.
If you have created a physical group:
a. Add the unmonitored devices in Power Manager.
b. Add the individual devices and unmonitored devices in physical groups.
2. Add the supported individual devices, or static groups to Power Manager.
3. Configure your preferences in Power Manager using the Settings page. For more information, see Setting preferences.
4. After adding devices and groups to Power Manager, you can perform the following tasks:
● View all the device or group metrics details using Metrics and Monitoring History.
● Create and apply Power policies to regulate the power consumption on devices or groups.
● Create and apply Temperature-triggered policies to regulate device temperature.
● During a power emergency, reduce power consumption using the Emergency Power Reduction feature.
● Create alert thresholds in Power Manager by configuring the warning and critical values for devices or groups that are
monitored in Power Manager.
● Run the built-in or customized reports to view in-depth information about the devices or groups, jobs, alerts, and other
parameters of your data center.
● View and acknowledge alerts that are generated in OpenManage Enterprise through Power Manager in Alerts > Alert
Logs.
● View and monitor virtual machines that are hosted by hypervisors. For more information, see Virtual machines.
● View generic Power Manager logs generated in OpenManage Enterprise through Monitor > Audit Logs tabs.
Topics:
• View metrics, and monitor devices and groups history
• Virtual machines
• Thresholds
• Policies
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